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How are you able to make a difference?
Purpose of the job:
The WASH Specialist (Climate, Environment and DRR) experiences to the Chief of WASH (Level 4) for steerage and basic supervision. The Specialist helps the event, preparation, administration, implementation, monitoring and analysis of the WASH programme inside the nation programme (together with Climate Action). The Specialist gives technical steerage and administration assist all through the programming processes, to facilitate the administration and achievement of the WASH, Climate, Environment and DRR (CED)-related output ends in the nation programme and broadly contribute to realize UNICEF’s world Strategic Plan for 2022-2025, beneath which Goal Area 4 states that UNICEF will work to make sure that ‘each child, together with adolescents, has entry to protected, climate-resilient water, sanitation and hygiene companies and lives in a protected and sustainable local weather and atmosphere by:
- Identification of the important components of climate-resilient WASH and how are these built-in with different facets of improvement.
- Supporting the Government of Sierra Leone in constructing its capability to combine local weather agenda within the WASH sector.
- Defining “climate resilient WASH” within the context of Sierra Leone with clear indicators and methods to measure and have the ability to report at nationwide and sub-national ranges.
- Facilitating the combination of WASH local weather resilience in related WASH insurance policies, methods, and plans.
- Enhancing the capability of UNICEF to successfully scale-up climate-resilient programme in keeping with the shift in direction of climate-resilient WASH programming in each improvement and humanitarian actions.
- Supporting the Government to develop local weather change funding case and advocacy instruments.
- Facilitate the conduct of complete Child Centered Risk assessments to establish potential hazards and vulnerabilities
- Prepare and assist the implementation of UNICEF’s programme work plans as required to incorporate group based mostly DRR dangers and alternatives, and present concrete steerage to make programme actions risk-informed.
- Support the federal government to develop or set up efficient early warning system.
- Support the federal government line ministries to develop environmental sustainability and Climate Change catastrophe threat discount (DRR) motion plans in keeping with the UNICEF Sustainability and Climate Change Action Plan (SCAP) and roll out.
- Support the mainstreaming of DRR approaches in UNICEF-key sectors inside UNICEF by nation programme planning and monitoring processes.
- Support the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the rolling work plans signed between UNICEF and related ministries.
- Participate in DRR/CC sector evaluation conferences with authorities counterparts. Prepare annual programme standing experiences in a well timed method, as required; ·
- Contribute to idea notes and proposals for Climate Change Environment and DRR funding alternatives.
- Draft CBDRR coaching manuals in collaboration with related ministries.
- Provide assist to cross-sectoral programme areas by way of local weather change and catastrophe threat discount.
Summary of key capabilities/accountabilities:
- Programme improvement and planning
- Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes
- Technical and operational assist for programme implementation
- Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response
- Networking and partnership constructing
- Innovation, information administration and capability constructing
If you want to know extra about this place, please evaluation the whole Job Description right here: 
To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…
The following minimal necessities:
Education:
- An superior college diploma in one of many following fields is required: Climate & Environmental science, Water Resources Engineering or one other related technical discipline.
- Additional related post-graduate programs that complement/complement the principle diploma are a powerful asset.
Experience:
- A minimal of 5 years of related skilled expertise in WASH and CED techniques strengthening together with improvement of coverage framework and methods.
- Experience working with optimization of design or Climate Resilient (CR) WASH and capability constructing at nationwide, District, and group ranges.
- Experience with high quality assurance and website monitoring for civil engineering initiatives particularly for numerous WASH expertise choices.
- Experience in partnership administration and working with a number of stakeholders, particularly authorities companions and civil society organisation, within the administration of assorted elements of local weather change, environmental sustainability, and DRR.
- Strong communication expertise and flexibility working with numerous authorities stakeholders.
- Previous work expertise with UNICEF or different worldwide organizations working within the WASH Sector in growing nations is an asset.
- Computer expertise, together with web navigation and numerous workplace functions.
- DEVELOPMENTAL: a minimal of 5 years {of professional} expertise in WASH or CED-related programmes for growing nations is required.
- HUMANITARIAN: At least one three-month deployment mission in a humanitarian state of affairs (with UN-Govt-INGO) is required.
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.
For each Child, you show…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the things we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness
(3) Drive to realize outcomes for affect
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges.
UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should mirror the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.
We supply a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, time without work for breastfeeding functions, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to youngsters (individuals beneath 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to selling the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer further data to conduct a background check.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station is required for IP positions and might be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may additionally be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice might be canceled.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the workers is the need of securing the best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s lively dedication to variety and inclusion is important to ship the most effective outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates might be prioritized.
Government workers who’re thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the proper to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is just not obtained, or obligatory inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an affordable interval for any cause.
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All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the degree of the submit within the related practical space, or an inside/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the submit, with out evaluation of different candidates.
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